Travis – Hickam – Tachikawa

On June 3, 1958 at 12:00 AM, Travis – Hickam – Tachikawa experienced a crash involving Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Travis AFB California.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 75.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after takeoff from Travis AFB, while climbing to a height of 3,000 feet, the aircraft banked left, dove into the ground and crashed in a huge explosion. Six crew members were killed while two others were seriously injured. The airplane was returning to Tachikawa, Japan, after a major overhaul at the Douglas Aircraft plant in Long Beach. Crew: Maj Henderson Cagle, † Cpt Robert E. Rogers, † 1st Lt Curtis A. Guild, † 2nd Lt Robert Distefano, † T/Sgt Carroll D. Coziah, † S/Sgt Raymond L. Hart, † S/Sgt Ivan J. Wiebold, A2c Charles R. Vance.

Aircraft reference details include registration 51-0114, MSN 43448, year of manufacture 1951.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.2632°, -121.9454°.